Four Melbourne teenagers were arrested after police say they sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl. The group, which consisted of three males aged 16, 19 and 21 and one girl aged 16, video taped the assault and posted the footage online. The attack took place at a party, according to police. The four have been released from ...
Having a good relationship with your mom may benefit more than your emotional health. Bonding with your mom could actually keep you thin, according to a new study. After tracking 977 children, researchers found that toddlers who lacked strong emotional bonds with their mothers were twice as likely to become obese by the age of ...
Although a school must provide education to children, it’s questionable whether it should interfere with self-expression. School uniforms remain controversial. Some believe that they could have a positive “social leveling” effect, others think they will help children concentrate on education and some believe that it will stifle individuality. Since I tend to be in the ...
A girl brings a boy home for the first time. A beer-bellied father appears, looks at the boy and says “I have a shotgun and I know how to use it.” Or sometimes it’s “I have a gun, a shovel, and a lot of land upstate.” We all know the image: a protective father “protecting” ...
High school offers young students a lot of valuable things: an education, discipline, socialization, condoms — wait, what? As it turns out, school districts across the US are debating whether or not to distribute free condoms to high school students. Many schools are showing startling increases in HIV and other STI rates, leading some officials ...
Mothers may have a hand in shaping their kids’ values, beliefs and even pass down behavioural traits, but their daughters are paving the way in the style department. In what’s termed the “consumer doppleganger effect,” moms are keeping on top of trends by looking to their daughters for “fashion and beauty inspiration,” according to a ...
Conservative parents have found something to complain about for every generation. First it was Elvis and his corrupting hip swings, then it was Marilyn Manson, and when I was a kid it was Harry Potter books with all their black magic and paganism. The current panic that conservative parents are trying to raise is that ...
Being a teenager can be tough. From the changing body to the increased cruelty, it can be a rough sea to sail. Add being gay or bisexual to that equation and consequences could be worse according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control. Gay, lesbian and bisexual high school students are more ...
Like all girls, I got a bit worried when I first got my period. The fact that it arrived on my first day at new school probably didn’t help. It wasn’t quite a freak-out because my friends had started getting it in the past months and were still living perfectly normal lives. One of them ...
The war on sex ed is still raging. A teen run website might be shut down for “inappropriately speak[ing] to teenagers about sex and abortion.” Two Massachusetts lawmakers called for Gov. Deval Patrick to shut down the website mariatalks.com yesterday. The website, which was created by 18-year-old Maria and contains contributions by her friends and ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
